Author David Leadbeater is no stranger to action and adventure, and he delivers an exhilarating series of four novels, his latest is entitled The Tomb Of The Gods. All four novels follow the trials and tribulations of Matt Drake. Adventure, peril and excitement make up the stories, and eventually I hope to see them as a series of movies. All of the books are available on Amazon for just a couple of dollars, support independent writers and buy them! Click the Links Below. Newest book is first.

Demon Hunter, formerly known is Obsidian Hearts, is the story of a young lady named Cosette (Jenny Allford), who has the curse of attracting demons wherever she may be. Cosette's "curse" also attracts various other nefarious people, who want to do others harm. Because of this horrid curse, she roams in the forest with a protector, a tall, stoic German speaking man named Klaus (Robert Amstler). Cosette seeks to break the curse, to be reunited with her father, and for once, to live in peace. In order to do that she must locate two ancient artifacts to be joined.

Demon Hunter opens with a Klaus in the forest, just unloading a huge can, no make that a full case of cans of whoop-ass on this guy with music blaring, instantly I know with Demon Hunter I am ready for madness! After the ass-kickery and gun-play we are introduced to our lady Cosette, a nice looking blond, digging through a deceased demon's skull to look for the artifact.

Above Pic: Klaus and Cosette share a quiet moment on Demon Hunter.

Let me just say that the story flails out from there, demons, mercenaries, ghost towns, haunted abandoned hospitals with full electricity, shiny windows haha, and wild shoot outs in the forest with mercenaries that have the same expertise in aim as a walrus has running a marathon. Demon Hunter is a fun flick with copious amounts of action. The acting at times, perhaps due to the actors' inexperience, is a trifle wooden on the secondary characters, but does not detract from the story, however the action and dialogue expound on the story and are more than enough to retain interest.

Above Pic: Raven Lexy heats up the screen in Demon Hunter.

Newcomer Raven Lexy
does a good job portraying her small role Michelle My Bell, and she has a memorable scene, and I am not gonna spoil it. She has a nice smile and clear delivery, looking to see more of her on film. Oh, by the way did I mention she is just amazingly beautiful. Lead actress Jenny Allford is given a lot to say and do, this role must have been challenging for her, she for the most part pulls it off. Robert Amstler, yeah he is the guy in the Brawney commercials, is quiet, has very few lines, but the action he pulls off is pretty cool.

Above Pic: What movie named Demon Hunter would be complete without a DEMON!

In actuality, Demon Hunter is more of an action-adventure film with horror background, as there are shootouts and fight scenes during several parts. The two small gripes I had was the narrative went on for a bit too long, but better this than not saying enough and the story not making sense, and the pacing seemed a bit off. As a side comment, there is nudity in Demon Hunter.

Director Rene Perez should be commended for wearing so many hats in this film, including writing the script with Barry Massoni, and composing the musical score! Hope to see more of his work in the future.

Overall I like Demon Hunter, the film should play well on the DTV market. I rate Demon Hunter a stabbing, hot girl, 6.5 out of 10

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Actress Zara Phythian reports that she has just completed work on an exciting project called He Who Dares and will be working on a new film this year called MemorieZ http://memoriez.blog.de/

" Delighted to be cast and working with Timo Rose's new horror
'Memoriez'. As soon as i read the 1st draft of the script i was captured
by the character he had in mind for me especially with the action skill
set as well. The film is more than just gore and i think it will
surprise a few out there once completed, plus the fact that i get to
play Zombie smash em up is right up my street, looking forward to
meeting the rest of the cast and shooting both in Germany and UK, well
done Timo, it's going to be an awesome journey " .. Zara Phythian The
Hike, He Who Dares, Underground,

Watch for more exclusive news and info on Dan's Movie Report later in 2013!

Zara also is still very active teaching the all aspects of fitness and martial arts with her Academy in the UK http://personalbestacademy.com/ If you want to train with the best, hit that site up!

With my respect for the diverse career of indie icon Christa Campbell, and my full on fascination of spiders, I run headlong, in Spiders, without a web to catch myself! Before I start this review, this is a LOW budget movie, all of my criteria are based as compared to movies of this type. I watched the 2D version.

Above Pic: No spider is safe with Christa Campbell and Patrick Muldoon hot on their trail. (C) 2013 Nu Image

{Warning Spoilers ahead, do not read or do!}

Spiders opens innocently enough with the crash landing of an object later to be discovered as space junk from an U.S.S.R era space craft. Ok then, the said object crashes into a New York subway station, and questions arise as to what is it after a man dies on the subway tracks, a third rail scenario. At first it is thought to be a bacterial outbreak, but crack researcher Christa Campbell says wait a minute, it is eggs, and they are completely bacteria free?

Whoa, haha well it turns out that this is actually a military experiment gone awry, a genetic mutation of some sort of alien DNA that was implanted in the spiders, as they were the only earth hosts who could house it, what for you might ask? A bullet proof web from the Queen!

Above pic: No one is safe from being caught in this web! (C) 2013 Nu Image

Back to the film, I actually kind of liked the far fetched premise and Spiders had a Quasi Starship Troopers Feel to it. The acting was rather bland at times, , but I must say, I really enjoyed newcomer Sydney Sweeny as Emily the resourceful daughter of third lead Police Officer Jason (Patrick Muldoon She showed fear when necessary without going over the top, and a bit of cunning as well. Christa Campbell was her cool and calm self, and played the solid mother of Emily. If anyone knows the actress that played the babysitter of Emily, please let me know, she did a decent job as well.

As for the additional elements; the CGI was not great, but I have seen far worse. The rendered smaller spiders were better than the queen, the built sets were cool, and judging by the length of the credits many people were involved. Some lighting was good other interior scenes not so much, the scope and scale of some scenes was a trifle off the spiders were either too big or small. The main problem I had was the pacing, this film needed more urgent behavior from the characters, not sure if this is the intent, as it did pick up ever so slightly towards the end. but the first 40 minutes really dragged, so as a horror film it fails, but works as a sci-fi.

Is this a great film, um definitely no, is this a super bad film um no, Spiders is an average monster based sci-fi, with an homage to old style monster films. Spiders is PG rated, no over the top blood and guts, and no nudity.

Overall I would say a rent, Spiders rates a tangled web of a 5 out of 10 score.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

After seeing Chocolate and Kill 'em All I decided to do a bit of research on actress Zom Ammara. As it turns out, Zom is a true triple force of nature. In addition to literally kicking some major ass on screen, Zom has a morning radio show called Get Divas on Thailand's Get 102.5 radio station. She is an expressive singer, with a diverse following. In addition to her talents, Ms Ammara has diverse musical influences, and as a former college radio DJ myself, this interview is a real treat. At the end of the interview check out the links to listen to her radio show, and how to follow her on Facebook and Twitter. Without any more of my blustering, time let Zom unleash her entertaining, at times bone crushing, cranial blast of text on my valued Dan's Movie Report Readers, haha, all of you have been warned! It is time to take a trip to Thailand Zom style!

Chat
about your childhood upbringing, did you always love music, and
performing? Also please chat about you tattoos and their
significance.

I
am the big sister of four younger brothers. I always lead the play when
we were together. I went to boarding schools and grew up with 1,000
young ladies till 18, what a conflict!....Home=Man / Society =
Woman.. And yes I always lead all play with those ladies. But
somehow, I am more gentle to ladies than the men, which made me be friends
with ladies better. For men …I’m more like their boy-friend not
girl-friend haha.

My
dad is a doctor, both him and my mom love reading a lot. I was
nurtured surrounded by books and cooking and blood and death.So
yes… another conflict warm family and cold experience.As my dad
was a doctor he taught me to dress a wound and took me to see more than
50 dead bodies I the hospital he was the director.He taught me about
pain and Buddhism.

I
read lots of books, andseveral kinds of stories that have influenced me to
have a tattoo since I was 14. I told my mom that I "wanna" have one.
She told me that normal people don't have tattoo…at that time they
compare tattooed people like prisoner. We made deal that I could
have a tattoo when I turned 18…My mom might thought that I would
forgot, but I researched about what tattoo I will have instead, haha.

Above Pic: Get 102.5 Photo Shoot 2013.

Shed a bitmore light about the tattoos.

The
lady on my arm is a goddess of wisdom, arts, religion and philosophy.
Her name is Sarasavati….more info about her? Google it.Reason I like
to have her picture on my arms is the meaning of all my interested
wisdom, arts, religion and philosophy. On my back is a flower which
represents another of my big interests, which is nature.

Discussing
acting, how did you get the part in Chocolate? Describe the audition
process. Share a story from the filming of Chocolate. The emotional
mindset.

In
Chocolate I went to the audition where I was asked to act as the mom.
So yes, I think about my mom, we really love each other and she
is the best woman in my life. Plus, I thought about the Buddhism way aboutbirth… I think when I was being born, the person who got the most
pain on earth is my mom. She must love me so much to be so brave that
her body could tear apart giving birth to me. Everyone cries when we
were launched to living…No beauty at all …it full of pain in living
(that's why humans always create art, to give passion to living) Anyway,
I think when everyone celebrates their birthday, they should celebrate
for the bravery of their mom.

Turning to acting in Chocolate which
multiplied those brave characteristics of a mother raising her child alone, and protect her the best
she can even though the way of communication to her child is very
limited as the child has autism. In conclusion of giving even her own
life for her child to live.

Plus
one funny story about my mom, the most tenderly lady, and got
up with a fork (or something) to protect my younger brother from a
fight in a restaurant. All of that is how I flow with the emotional mindset
in Chocolate.

Above pic: Zom Ammara trains for Kill 'em All.

Chat
about how you became involved in Kill Em All?

After
Chocolate launched, I was contacted by a producer from Epic
film that's how it started.

Tim
Man says you only had one month of training, prior to principal
photography, did you have prior martial arts experience to Kill Em
All? Any bumps and bruises with the training, maybe share a story
from the training, and one from production.

I never have any prior
martial arts experience in my life (Ed note: wow!). I think what helped
me a lot in the quick training was my sport and game experiences, movies,
and the Tim Man method of training. Sure you will have bumps and bruises
when you do martial training or any new sport you are trying. Key is
to know the limit and nature of your body. I just have fun with Tim
Man training. It’s like I am play-fighting with my brothers. Most of
the stuntmen I practiced with had pain. Not me… they protected me
from getting hurt but I did not know how to protect them back then.

Sometimes, when I was really tried from shooting from 6 pm. to
6am, the next morning my brain started to get hot. I put some ice on my
head like a boxer. We kept kicking and punching to get the best shot for more then 7
hrs. Around 8 am on that morning we shot the final take of the
fight between Mickey(in Kill Em’ All) and me. We were all tried.
Like I told you, I’m not built to miss the hit. What we were
trained mostly is for me not to hit my colleague. I was so tired, but I tried to
concentrate before every move for more than 6 hrs,...And Mickey was really
tried, noticeably, from his slower moving. In the Killing Chamber,
Mickey must move away from my fist, and I must not hit him. You know
what happened… Yes…I broke his nose!

Ouch! note to self back away! I
asked Tim about the final edit of Kill Em All he was honest and said
he was not happy with it, do you feel things could have been
changed?

Honestly,
I did not have the time to see the completed film yet.

How
was it sharing screen time with Gordon Liu, were you nervous, talk
about the final fight for Kill Em All.

It’s
really the best experience for me, acting in the scene with Gordon Liu.
He is like the real master from Shaolin. We talk about Buddhism ‘s
way and mind control. He’s also a real gentleman which we rarely
find in this world nowadays. One word description of him, “ REAL”!!!.

Above Pic: Zom Ammara Gets her brick, on a well deserving thug in Kill 'em All!

Do
you like the tough girl movie roles? If so Who are some of your
acting influences for action films?

Yes
I like it. All actor and actress that make you chill & trill (true and real) also
affect me. For me I cannot count the number of them.

The
two films you have been in are both action oriented, do you like
these types of films, would you like to do other types?

I
like these types of films, the same as cartoon animation, “5th
Element” “Notebook” and “Gone with the Wind”. I like to do
other types also. The only scene I cannot act in is the love scene. The
director must say cut for more than 1,000 times if you asked me to
you that. I just cannot do it with person I did not have the feeling for. But doesn’t mean that I always have the feeling to kill
people so I can do Kill Em’ All! HAHA!

I
noticed you have many career paths, singing, Radio DJ work, and
acting, is there one that stands out in your life currently, or do
you let life flow, and whatever path it takes.

Yes that's how I
live. Singing is what I love the most, it makes me alive literally!!
I am also a creative manager and marketing manager for some companies
and being a consultant for some projects under my company. Now I am
working the most passionate project of mine which is a comic story….

Shifting to you musical side, prior to discussing the comic, chat
about Zom Ammara and being the "Rasta Queen" how did that
nick name come about is it musically related?

Yes,
I was called Rasta Queen because I’m the first lady who writes and
sings Reggae- Ska-Reggaton in Thailand. Actually I like all kind of
music from Jazz to electronic, Trace to Rock to Tribal Drum n’
Bass.

Describe
your mental preparation for a musical performance? Does it differ
from acting?

It’s
like leading a troop if I must explain…I put my heart into my
audience’s heart and ride the feeling with them. Yes, it differs
from acting which I have to put the heart of the character, act
and react as the nature of that character being. It’s all about
understanding the human being but somehow I don't understood my lover much.

Chat
about the bands you have been in and their musical style.Share a
funny or unusual band story.

My
own band plays live music with 5 musical instruments. We Play the
combination of Rock/Reggae/HipHop Beats with Blue & Jazz tone.
These guys are also another group of my younger brothers. I also had
chance to jam special project with Gan Core Club.

As I always like
to go to the sea and I did lots of environmental projects. One of the
project was at Koh Tao , south of Thailand during the time Tsunami
happened in 2005. I am a part of organizing the largest diver gathering
in Guinness Book 2005 to stop Global warming.

My
musicians always support me by doing nothing that could interrupt me in the event organizing.
They like to play cards. One of the card games is named, "The Drinker", Whoever loses the game has
to drink …water or Vodka…or whatever was agreed before each game. I
don’t drink alcohol. When I played cards with them it was just to relax after
the organizing part. They changed the agreement into the loser having to take off their clothes. I always won (or even if I lose
some of them will be gentleman and take off their clothes) ….
That’s how they show love and respect to me. Anyway, it wouldn't be
fun if I didn’t show the “Boss” role, so after 2 of them lost
...I ordered them to jump across logs on the beach in front of many
beautiful blonde ladies getting tans, lying on that beach in Koh Tao.
You have my free copyright to use this game to play with your close
friend who is always pain in the ass.

. That is a interesting story haha! Shifting gears you chatted in your previous answer about global warming, what are the names of the charities your work with?Royal Project
foundationhttp://www.royalprojectthailand.com

What
are some your favorite aspects of being a Radio DJ? Do you like the
interviews, chatting with callers, and the music?

Man…I’m
a
singer. I love music. Being a Dj keeps me updated on music. I always
like
to listen to people, but the part that I like most about radio is this
program, GET DIVAS. This morning program is very special to me, because I
am always
surrounded by men in difference dimensions of my life. GET DIVAS is
the combination of four women talking about all dimensions of life. All
means politics, cooking, country, love, beauty, sex, family, sports
arts, human behavior, children, environmental….
You never know what is in a woman's head, but you will know if you
listen to GET
102.5 GET DIVAS.

What
is in the future for Zom? More movies, DJ, singing. Upcoming
projects, chat about the Souls that you mentioned earlier?

Above pic: Concept for Souls

SOULS
is my upcoming project I am sleeping with for 2 years now..as I told
you in the beginning, whoever wants to support me please contact
freedom.zom/gmail.com

“Souls”
The Romantic Thriller story of life that I originated was
choreographed by a mix martial art guru and me. Aim to endorse
spiritual way of thinking and also promote Buddhism warrior’s way
of living to world.Plus putting back “Thailand soul of nation”
to the Thai teenager – young adult.

Here is the backstory:

Thailand,
220 years ago… Many wars all over Thailand in order to win the country lead by King Taksin. Nearly the last war Siam had to win
over Chiengmai. Two warriors fall in love and because of that love
the war was won and Thailand was united. The King Taksin’s
warrier (TidMun) married a Chieng-mai female warrier (Kumjao).
TidMun got lots of rewards and one of them was a very special sword
named Lotus. Lotus Sword was made by combination of white magic
materials and had tremendous power. But Thailand was still in
war with Burma. TidMun & Kumjao had to fight together under the
name of King Taksin & Chieng-mai army until they both died.
Only the lotus sword was left as the witness to their love and
brave.

Thailand
2012, a politician(Chan) wanted to gain his power in politics so he
ordered his right hand(Kiri) to get the powerful historic
sword(Lotus). But the Lotus sword is in the personal gallery of an
good American millionaire(Paul) who adopted his dead friend’s
daughter(Bua). Paul wanted Bue to secure the Lotus sword back to Thai
nation gallery in order to be seen as one of the weapons to gather the
nation. Bua had to travel with a history university
professor(Satra). Bua and Satra had to fight with Kiri and his crew
for the mission. If Kiri could take the Lotus sword, Chan would make
hissorcerer (Raung) set the ritual to have the power to be able to
order anything to rule politics of the nation.

This mission for the
nation bring back Tidmun & Kumjao from last life as Bua &
Satra.

Does Love over the Life time will win over the curse of
Karma?The Romantic Thriller story of life “Souls”.

•
East Asia Wisdom and philosophy• Buddhism idea• Strong
Beauty of Thai mutual art and mix• True Love over life time

That sounds fantastic, I am looking forward to that ambitious project! That about wraps it up for now, thanks
again Zom for taking time out of your busy schedule to conduct this
detailed interview. I wish you best of luck on all of your future endeavors, and will look forward to write about them! Special thanks to my mom for help with the editing, please check out her site @ https://sites.google.com/site/susanshamon/susanshamon

Although Zom's radio show is on in the morning in Thailand, the time difference in the USA makes it available to listen live from 8pm to 10pm est Sun thru Thursday. in the USA. The dialogue is in Thai, but they do play a wide variety of English Music! So expand your mind and check it out!!! Listen world wide on the internet!

Hard to believe it was a eight years ago I interviewed "The Package" Director Jesse V. Johnson for the film Pit Fighter. He not only has an eye for action he has a solid balance of characters in his film. The ladies are not the usual window dressing.

Fast forward to 2013, Jesse, Steve Austin, and Dolph Ludgren serve up a rather entertaining package in The Package. The story set up is seems like a simple job, deliver package, don't look at it, etc...Ah but this is Austin and Lundgen, packages never come easy, As there are a myriad of dangerous thugs along this delivery route.

There is violence, fighting and gunplay, with several lines of dialogue singed with sardonic humor. My favorite scene in the film is a particularly violent, maniacal, sadistic, reverse torture scene in which Steve Austin is bound to a chair. The violence purveyor. a tall and wild eyed lady named Monique. Yeah that is her real name, and character name! Check out her exclusive interview on Dan's Movie Report! http://dansmoviereport.blogspot.com/2012/01/monique-ganderton-interview-c-2012-dans.html In The Package, this character resembles a person who is alive, haha and trust me there is no coincidence!

Although some of Dolph's dialog is bland at times, not his fault, the script itself needed fine tuning, I like the way he deliveres the mannerisms in his role, especially as he reveals the true nature of his character toward the end of the film. Austin has the better lines, and although a man of few words, his words have bite, meaning and seem to flow better.

There is slight twist at the end as to what is "in" the package, not gonna lie on first watch I did not like it, but the second time through, it makes more sense, even though the full 95 minute film is rather simplistic.

Why is this review so short? I do not want to spoil plot points or some of the creative ideas put forth by Jesse V. Johnson in The Package. If expertly directed, independent action with Austin, Lundgren and a violent, yet surprisingly nurturing, Canadian named Monique get your blood boiling, buy it! If not, rent Hope Floats, and cry in a damn corner haha! This Package rates a 7 out of 10.

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